Migrant Crisis: Nearly 50 People Drown in 3 Days

October 30, 2015 10:16 AM EDT

Greece’s prime minister angrily condemned Europe’s response to the refugee crisis Friday, accusing leaders of “crocodile tears” after 22 people drowned in two shipwrecks.

Alex Tsipras expressed “endless grief” at the latest tragedies, saying they had left Europe shamed.

He was speaking as the migrant death toll in the Aegean Sea reached nearly 50 over the past three days.

The Merchant Marine Ministry said 19 people were killed and 138 were rescued near the eastern Aegean Sea island of Kalymnos, in one of the worst accidents in Greek waters since the mass migrant flows started fleeing the war in Syria.

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Refugees and migrants call for help as their boat is ready to sink off the Greek island of Lesbos on Oct. 30, 2015.Aris Messinis—AFP/Getty Images

Rescue workers on a jet ski assist refugees and migrants as their boat sinks off the Greek island of Lesbos on Oct. 30, 2015.Aris Messinis—AFP/Getty Images

A Spanish lifeguard saves a migrant child as the boat he had boarded with other migrants and refugees sinks off the Greek island of Lesbos on Oct. 30, 2015.Aris Messinis—AFP/Getty Images

Syrian Kurdish refugees are rescued by Greek fishermen as the boat they had boarded sinks off the Greek island of Lesbos on Oct. 30, 2015.Aris Messinis—AFP/Getty Images

Refugees and migrants react as their boat sinks off the Greek island of Lesbos on Oct. 30, 2015.Angelos Christofilopoulos—AFP/Getty Images

A woman holds the body of a dead baby that was found on the beach on the Greek island of Lesbos on Oct. 30, 2015.Aris Messinis—AFP/Getty Images

Refugee Shipwrecks Off Greece Leave 50 Dead in 3 Days

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